Steffen Abe

1.6k total citations
36 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Steffen Abe is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Steffen Abe has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 15 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 13 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Steffen Abe's work include Rock Mechanics and Modeling (16 papers), Landslides and related hazards (15 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (11 papers). Steffen Abe is often cited by papers focused on Rock Mechanics and Modeling (16 papers), Landslides and related hazards (15 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (11 papers). Steffen Abe collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Australia and Norway. Steffen Abe's co-authors include Karen Mair, János L. Urai, Péter Móra, Conrad Childs, Martin Schöpfer, John J. Walsh, Simon Virgo, D. G. Place, Shane Latham and Yucang Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Earth and Planetary Science Letters and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Steffen Abe

35 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Steffen Abe Germany 17 654 491 357 256 227 36 1.2k
Earl E. Knight United States 18 722 1.1× 266 0.5× 205 0.6× 463 1.8× 205 0.9× 43 1.2k
I. Song South Korea 18 597 0.9× 325 0.7× 116 0.3× 204 0.8× 132 0.6× 58 1.0k
Yanhui Han United States 23 576 0.9× 123 0.3× 205 0.6× 413 1.6× 278 1.2× 114 1.4k
Marco Maria Scuderi Italy 26 662 1.0× 2.1k 4.2× 379 1.1× 154 0.6× 91 0.4× 59 2.5k
Teng‐fong Wong United States 23 1.8k 2.7× 1.3k 2.6× 392 1.1× 346 1.4× 64 0.3× 40 2.5k
D. G. Place Australia 12 325 0.5× 390 0.8× 275 0.8× 142 0.6× 158 0.7× 27 731
Kazuo Mizoguchi Japan 20 448 0.7× 1.7k 3.5× 167 0.5× 134 0.5× 50 0.2× 52 2.0k
M.R. Yeung China 13 685 1.0× 40 0.1× 428 1.2× 441 1.7× 121 0.5× 31 1.1k
Sara Abedi United States 13 443 0.7× 81 0.2× 163 0.5× 294 1.1× 120 0.5× 35 719
Xiao Chen China 18 425 0.6× 142 0.3× 70 0.2× 179 0.7× 49 0.2× 68 743

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steffen Abe

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All Works

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Abe, Steffen, Christoph von Hagke, Simon Virgo, & János L. Urai. (2025). Failure mode transition in brittle boudinage: Effects of cohesion, confining pressure, and layer thickness. Journal of Structural Geology. 197. 105427–105427.
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Abe, Steffen, et al.. (2021). Roughness of fracture surfaces in numerical models and laboratory experiments. Solid Earth. 12(10). 2407–2424. 9 indexed citations
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Virgo, Simon, Steffen Abe, & János L. Urai. (2016). The influence of loading conditions on fracture initiation, propagation, and interaction in rocks with veins: Results from a comparative Discrete Element Method study. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 121(3). 1730–1738. 12 indexed citations
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Virgo, Simon, Steffen Abe, & János L. Urai. (2013). Extension fracture propagation in rocks with veins: Insight into the crack‐seal process using Discrete Element Method modeling. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 118(10). 5236–5251. 64 indexed citations
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Abe, Steffen, János L. Urai, & Michael Kettermann. (2013). Fracture patterns in nonplane strain boudinage—insights from 3‐D discrete element models. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 118(3). 1304–1315. 16 indexed citations
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Renard, François, et al.. (2013). Numerical investigation of the interplay between wall geometry and friction in granular fault gouge. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 118(3). 878–896. 27 indexed citations
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Kukla, Peter A., Guillaume Desbois, Martin de Keijzer, et al.. (2011). An Integrated, Multi-scale Approach to Salt Dynamics and Internal Dynamics of Salt Structures. RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen). 2 indexed citations
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Abe, Steffen, H. W. van Gent, & János L. Urai. (2011). DEM simulation of normal faults in cohesive materials. Tectonophysics. 512(1-4). 12–21. 51 indexed citations
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Weatherley, Dion, et al.. (2010). Scaling Benchmark of ESyS-Particle for Elastic Wave Propagation Simulations. 277–283. 18 indexed citations
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Mair, Karen & Steffen Abe. (2009). Effects of gouge fragment shape on fault friction: New 3D modeling results. AGUFM. 2009. 1 indexed citations
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Abe, Steffen, et al.. (2008). Discrete element simulations of the formation of open fractures during normal faulting of cohesive materials. RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen). 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Yucang, Steffen Abe, Shane Latham, & Péter Móra. (2006). Implementation of Particle-scale Rotation in the 3-D Lattice Solid Model. Pure and Applied Geophysics. 163(9). 1769–1785. 79 indexed citations
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Latham, Shane, Steffen Abe, & Péter Móra. (2006). Parallel 3-D Simulation of a Fault Gouge Using the Lattice Solid Model. Pure and Applied Geophysics. 163(9). 1949–1964. 8 indexed citations
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Abe, Steffen & Karen Mair. (2005). Grain fracture in 3D numerical simulations of granular shear. Geophysical Research Letters. 32(5). 76 indexed citations
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Abe, Steffen, D. G. Place, & Péter Móra. (2004). A Parallel Implementation of the Lattice Solid Model for the Simulation of Rock Mechanics and Earthquake Dynamics. Pure and Applied Geophysics. 161(11-12). 2265–2277. 73 indexed citations
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Abe, Steffen, James H. Dieterich, Péter Móra, & D. G. Place. (2002). Simulation of the Influence of Rate- and State-dependent Friction on the Macroscopic Behavior of Complex Fault Zones with the Lattice Solid Model. Pure and Applied Geophysics. 159(9). 1967–1983. 21 indexed citations
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Móra, Péter, et al.. (1999). The Lattice Solid Model: Towards a realistic simulation model for earthquake micro-physics and the development of a virtual laboratory for the earthquake cycle. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology. 1(1). 121–128. 1 indexed citations

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